The Mountain Farm

by Ernest Raymond

a novel.

Hardcover

Published January 1, 1973

About the author

Ernest Raymond (1888–1974) was a British novelist, best known for his first novel, Tell England (1922), set in World War I. His next biggest success was We, The Accused (1935), generally thought to be a reworking of the Hawley Harvey Crippen case, which was made into a BBC drama starring Ian Holm in 1980. He wrote over fifty novels. Raymond's autobiography was published in two volumes; the first, The Story of My Days, 1888-1922, was published in 1968; the second, Please You, Draw Near, 1922-1968, in 1969. He was awarded an OBE in 1972, and died in 1974.

Raymond was educated at St Paul's and at Chichester Theological College. He was ordained in the Anglican Church in 1914 and served on six fronts in the First World War. He resigned Holy Orders in 1923. He wrote many books, including the novels Damascus Gate (1923), A Chorus Ending (1951), The City and the Dream (1958, which concluded his London Gallery series of novels portraying London life in the first half of the twentieth century), Mr Olim (1961), and The Bethany Road (1967). Other titles include Two Gentlemen of Rome:The Story of Keats and Shelley (1952), and Paris, City of Enchantment (1961).

George Orwell in 1945 praised Raymond as a "natural novelist" who could portray convincingly the lives of ordinary people. In particular he praised We, the Accused for its emotional power, while criticizing the clumsy and long-winded way it is written.

(Source: Wikipedia).

Reviews

[Sophia · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was an interesting book that was very different from what I usually read. It was a good story, good characters, good writing. It was just predictable. A young beautiful girl, a good-looking mountain climbers, a disfigured man.. Kind of all cliche and I knew what was going to happen from a few chapters in.

It was light-hearted and fun however. Had little bits of humor which was nice. and it was short, so I can't complain too much.

[Kyle Robison]

WOnderful romanctic tale of unconditional love and the thrill of climbing a treacherous mountain. Oldie but Goodie...had to read again and again.